Improvement in starching-machines



U.. w. CARRELL. Y lmprovamentv in StarchngMachines. "No.129,932,Parrenfedulyao, 1872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN STARCHINGeMACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 29,932, dated July 30,1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement inOlothesstarching Machine,

`:invented by UEIAH W. CAERELL, of Bellevillain the county of Essex andState of New Jersey.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a .front view of my improvedmachine. Fig.

2 1 s a rear view of the same, part of the frame V being cut away toshow the construction. Fig.

3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a face view of one of therubbers.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved machine forstarching clothes, designed especially for laundry use, for starchingthe bosoms and cuffs of shirts, and'which shall `be simple inconstruction, convenient in use, and effective in operation 5 and itconsists in the construction and combination of the various parts of themachine as hereinaf- .ter more fully described.

A is the base-frame of the machine, to the rear end of which is attachedthe lower end of a vertical frame, B. C is an inclined frame,

the lower end of which is attached to the baseframe A near itsforwardfend, and the upper end of which is attached to the verticalframe B vnear its upper end. D are two arms, made slightly S-shaped, andwhich are halved and pivoted to each other and to the cross-barof theinclined frame C at their centers, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, sothat their outer or for` `of whichjs pivoted to a crank, g, formed uponthe shaft G, which revolves in bearings attached to the framesB C, oreither of them,

at their point of intersection. The cranks g project upon thefoppositesides of the shaft G, so that the bars E may always be moving inopposite directions. To one endof the shaft G is attached a crank orpulley, by

which power is applied to the machine. To

the shaft Gis attached a small gear-wheel, H, the teeth of which meshinto the teeth of a larger gear-wheel, I, which is pivoted to the sideof the frame-work of the machine, and which has a pin or single tooth,J, attached to it. The tooth J, at each revolution of the wheel I,strikes against the inclined edge of the short arm of the bent lever K,which is pivoted at its angle to the frame B. To the end of the long armof the lever K is pivoted the end of a short connectingrod, L, the otherend of which is pivoted to the end of the lever M, the movement of whichis Ylimited by a keeper, N, attached to the inner side of the inclinedpost of the frame C. The other end of the `lever M is pivoted to the inlner side of the other inclined post of the frame C. Upon the pivoted endof the lever lM is formed a cross-head, O, to the ends of Y I which arepivoted the outer ends of the connectingrods P, the other or inner endsof which are pivoted, respectively,.to the lower vparts of the pivotedbars D, so that at each revolution of the wheel I the barsE may be movedfrom each. As soon as the tooth J of the wheel I has passed and releasedthe bent lever K, the bars E are drawn back to their former position bythe action of the spring Q, one end of which is connected with the leverM and its other end is attached to` the frame C, as shown in Figs. 1,2,and 3.` To the inner sides of the lower ends of the bars E are attachedplates R, to the faces of which are secured rubber plates S, which areperforated, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the clothes may be turned,folded, or buckled, as

they are operated upon by the rubbers to rub the starch thoroughly intoand through the clothes, and at the same time squeeze out the surplusstarch.

In using the machine the bosoms and cuffs of the shirts are dipped intothe starch and inserted between the rubbers, when the bars E are movedapart, and are removed and replaced with others at another outwardmovement of the bars and rubbers.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim 'as' new 'and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-1 1. The perforated rubber plates S, incombination with the rubbing-plates R attached to the bars E,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the rubbers R S, slot ted bars E, pivoted arms D,connecting-rods bars E, and rubbers R S, substantially as heret F, and.crankshaft Gr g', substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe purpose in shown and. described, and for the purpose set forth.

set forth. URIAH XV. OARRELL.

3. The combination of the gear-wheel H,

gear-Wheel I J, bent lever K, connecting-rod Witnesses:

L, cross-head lever M O, connecting-rods P, JAMES T. GRAHAM,

and spring Q, with the pivoted bars D, slotted T. B. MosHER.

